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richardpjohn

Pianist and composer of neoclassical, ambient and experimental music.

Website: http://www.richardpjohn.co.uk

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/artist/4EwwAmTFa6CP4WmzTedpX3

Apple Music: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/richard-p-john/407160010

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Bandcamp: http://www.richardpjohn.bandcamp.com

Richard P John is pianist, composer and conductor.

Born in Neath, South Wales in 1981, Richard began playing the piano in 1993. From 1996-2000 he studied with Miss Mary Rees (formerly Head of Piano at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama), furthering his studies in 2000 at the Royal College of Music, London, studying piano with Yonty Solomon and composition with Edwin Roxburgh and Kenneth Hesketh. He graduated from the RCM in July 2004.

Richard has performed extensively at a range of venues including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Chipping Campden Music Festival, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Cheltenham Town Hall, and at Buckingham Palace.

He has made many television appearances and has worked with a wide variety of performers, including Max Bygraves, Isla St. Clair, Sir Willard White, Geri Halliwell, Connie Fisher, John Owen Jones and Rhydian Roberts.

Richard's compositional output consists of solo, vocal, ensemble and choral music, as well as the soundtrack to several independent films. His latest soundtrack is 'M', a short, American horror film directed by Josh Banks.

His music is published at SheetMusicPlus.com, Canasg (UK) and Lassus Publications (USA).

A Whisperings Artist, his debut solo piano album of his own music entitled Passing Thoughts was released in March 2010 followed by November in November 2010, Echoes in November 2011 and Seasons in Flight in April 2013. His fifth album The Last Days of Summer was released in September 2015 and was nominated for Classical Album of the Year at SoloPiano.com. His sixth album tristesse, was released in December 2017, followed by Flow in March 2019. His music has been featured on BBC Radio Wales. He has also recorded two albums of the music of Erik Satie.

His first ambient album Borders was released in April 2021.

Richard has written articles for ThoughtCatalog.com and HustleAndGrind.co. His book You Can Create! 24 Ways To Unlock Your Creative Potential was published in August 2016.

He is currently piano tutor at The Music Academy, Neath College, and is arranger for the newly reformed Black Mountain Chorus of Wales.

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Arrival is the first entirely ambient track I have released.

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Distance by richardpjohn

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'With Whatever May Happen' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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'Chorale' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th)

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'Immerse' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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Flow is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow' being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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'Drive' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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We Can Feel Like This Forever is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow' being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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'Chorale' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th)

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'We Can Be Alone' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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'The River Is Everywhere' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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'The Love That Remains' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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'Missing' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow', being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th)

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'Somewhere Beyond the Sky' is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow' being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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Invisible is a track from my forthcoming album 'Flow' being released on Piano Day 2019 (March 29th).

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Every two weeks for the next few months I'll be posting new reworkings of earlier works.

This is a reworking of 'Without You' from my 2010 album 'November'.

For more information, please visit RichardPJohn.co.uk

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Tenderness by richardpjohn

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Always There by richardpjohn

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Secret Song by richardpjohn

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Interlude by richardpjohn

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Solitude by richardpjohn

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Awakening by richardpjohn

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Pulses by richardpjohn

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Nocturne by richardpjohn

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Through the Night (Ending) by richardpjohn

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Stay by richardpjohn

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Elegy by richardpjohn

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Saudade 3 by richardpjohn

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Solaris by richardpjohn

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Melancholia (2) by richardpjohn

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Forever in Your Arms by richardpjohn

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The Mirror by richardpjohn

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The Learning by richardpjohn

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Untravelled by richardpjohn

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...still... is the final track from the album 'tristesse' (2017).

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...the world was far away... is the eighth track from the album 'tristesse' (201)

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...at the beginning... is the fifth track from the album 'tristesse' (2017)

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...into this life... is the fourth track from the album 'tristesse' (2017.

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Gymnopédie III by richardpjohn

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Gymnopédie II by richardpjohn

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Gymnopédie I [Erik Satie - Performed by Richard P John] by richardpjohn

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We Can Be Alone is a track written for Piano Day 2018, March 29th.

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...you are... is a track from 'tristesse', released December 8th 2017.

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...in that moment... from my forthcoming album 'tristesse'.

Available for preorder from richardpjohn.bandcamp.com

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The Last Days of Summer is the fifth solo piano album by Richard P John.

Download at http://www.richardpjohn.bandcamp.com or stream at Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/4EwwAmTFa6CP4WmzTedpX3

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The Last Days of Summer is the fifth solo piano album by Richard P John.

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The Last Days of Summer is the fifth solo piano album by Richard P John.

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The Last Days of Summer is the fifth solo piano album by Richard P John.

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Seasons in Flight is the fourth solo piano by Richard P John.

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Seasons in Flight is the fourth solo piano by Richard P John.

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Seasons in Flight is the fourth solo piano by Richard P John.

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Seasons in Flight is the fourth solo piano by Richard P John.

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Seasons in Flight is the fourth solo piano by Richard P John.

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Seasons in Flight is the fourth solo piano by Richard P John.

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November by richardpjohn

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Passing Thoughts is the first solo piano album by Richard P John.

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Passing Thoughts is the first solo piano album by Richard P John.

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Passing Thoughts is the first solo piano album by Richard P John.

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Passing Thoughts is the first solo piano album by Richard P John.

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Passing Thoughts is the first solo piano album by Richard P John.

Download for free at http://www.richardpjohn.bandcamp.com or stream at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4EwwAmTFa6CP4WmzTedpX3